Minutes - 9/26/06
The meeting was called to order at 8:00pm on 9/26/06 by the President.
All members of the council were present except the Senator.
Reports:
Pres.:Asked about starting and increasing involvement in a Holiday Committee and a Fundraising Committee. He also talked about hall activities like Penny Wars and Hall Murder, which will be starting soon.
VP: Gave updates on the RHAB meeting about the dining halls.
Sec.:Asked about interest in having a winter dance, and asked for suggestions for a name for the dance.
Treas.:Gave an explanation of the two accounts which Johnson Hall has. Presently, there is $605 in the Johnson Hall Fund, and $1,351 in the State Fund, which needs to be spent by the end of the semester. The treasurer also reinforced the idea of a fundraising committee,and let the residents know that WTOP would be sending a representative later in the meeting to ask for money.
Senior Staff:
Robin:Gave updates on the progress of the FYRE program. The program has been going well so far.
Patrick:Notified the residents of upcoming GST programs.
Jackie:Informed the residents of the reasons for the many fire alarms, commented on the fact that recycling has been going well, reminded the residents about Safe Trick or Treat, and informed then of a program on Oct. 3rd which they can learn more about on campusspeak.com.
Jay:Put the word out about having musical entertainment before meetings and read a book called Koala Lou.
RM's:Informed/reminded the residents about many events, such as Community Service for the GST program, a Halloween haunted house, Unicef, a Drunk Sale, Lake Cleanup, Cruise Around the World, Red Cross Blood Drive, and a Powderpuff Tournament.
New Business:
The policy on how to ask for money was gone over by the Hall Council.
The group asking for money must know in advance how much money they want, and put in it writing or speak to an officer before the meeting.
Open Floor:
The second floor wants to have a community activity where they tye-dye shirts. Ford asked for $60 for the tye-dye committee to use to buy three 16-item dye tye-dye package kits (48 item total).
There was a motion to table this item, and it was passed with 25 votes (over 2/3).
Ebony, the Coordinator of Student Overnights, spoke about hosting high school students overnight. This would count as community service, as would being an OAR volunteer tour guide.
The promotions director from WTOP then spoke about a performance/fundraising event to benefit children in the local hospital on Nov.8th. She also spoke about Hall Wars, and wanted to see if Johnson Hall would participate.
There was a motion to vote to donate to the children in the hospital, and it was passed with a vote of 23 for, 0 against, and 1 abstention.
Finally, there was a motion to start penny wars which was passed with a vote of 21 in favor.
There was a motion to ajorn the meeting ay 9:15 by the president, which was seconded by Ford.
All members of the council were present except the Senator.
Reports:
Pres.:Asked about starting and increasing involvement in a Holiday Committee and a Fundraising Committee. He also talked about hall activities like Penny Wars and Hall Murder, which will be starting soon.
VP: Gave updates on the RHAB meeting about the dining halls.
Sec.:Asked about interest in having a winter dance, and asked for suggestions for a name for the dance.
Treas.:Gave an explanation of the two accounts which Johnson Hall has. Presently, there is $605 in the Johnson Hall Fund, and $1,351 in the State Fund, which needs to be spent by the end of the semester. The treasurer also reinforced the idea of a fundraising committee,and let the residents know that WTOP would be sending a representative later in the meeting to ask for money.
Senior Staff:
Robin:Gave updates on the progress of the FYRE program. The program has been going well so far.
Patrick:Notified the residents of upcoming GST programs.
Jackie:Informed the residents of the reasons for the many fire alarms, commented on the fact that recycling has been going well, reminded the residents about Safe Trick or Treat, and informed then of a program on Oct. 3rd which they can learn more about on campusspeak.com.
Jay:Put the word out about having musical entertainment before meetings and read a book called Koala Lou.
RM's:Informed/reminded the residents about many events, such as Community Service for the GST program, a Halloween haunted house, Unicef, a Drunk Sale, Lake Cleanup, Cruise Around the World, Red Cross Blood Drive, and a Powderpuff Tournament.
New Business:
The policy on how to ask for money was gone over by the Hall Council.
The group asking for money must know in advance how much money they want, and put in it writing or speak to an officer before the meeting.
Open Floor:
The second floor wants to have a community activity where they tye-dye shirts. Ford asked for $60 for the tye-dye committee to use to buy three 16-item dye tye-dye package kits (48 item total).
There was a motion to table this item, and it was passed with 25 votes (over 2/3).
Ebony, the Coordinator of Student Overnights, spoke about hosting high school students overnight. This would count as community service, as would being an OAR volunteer tour guide.
The promotions director from WTOP then spoke about a performance/fundraising event to benefit children in the local hospital on Nov.8th. She also spoke about Hall Wars, and wanted to see if Johnson Hall would participate.
There was a motion to vote to donate to the children in the hospital, and it was passed with a vote of 23 for, 0 against, and 1 abstention.
Finally, there was a motion to start penny wars which was passed with a vote of 21 in favor.
There was a motion to ajorn the meeting ay 9:15 by the president, which was seconded by Ford.
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